DON'T TYPE TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHT

Got a look at Ben Nevis this afternoon. Good climbing, I hear.
Went through Glen

At the end of the day, drove to Skye as far as Portree, and settled in for the night. Restaurants are very crowded.

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Sue G. here.  The above is all the poor thing (i.e., Susan C.) could manage after a hard day of riding around in a minivan, taking tons of photos, and occasionally taking a short walk up or down a steep path.  So I take mouse in hand once again to enlighten y'all.  Yesterday Graham drove us up from Oban through some impressive Highland scenery to Fort William, and from thence up to the Isle of Skye.  Ben Nevis is Scotland's highest mountain and a daunting sight.  On the way we toured a castle (never mind which one), heard the amazing tale of the Campbells' massacre of the Macdonalds (which made the Hatfield-McCoy feud look like a family picnic), and swapped loads of anecdotes with our tourmates.  They are Raj and Maureen (the British couple), John and Lee (the Australian couple), Yoshiko and Mieko (who STILL HAS NO LUGGAGE!  UNBELIEVABLE!) (the Japanese ladies).  No one complains about the walking, no one needs to take a smoke break, everyone is definitely with the program and is having a great time.  This cohesiveness has been partially rewarded with the daily requirement that we meet the bus each morning sometime after 9 am. 

Still, I have one quibble.  I have been in this country for 3 days, I am touring with a company named after Scotland's greatest poet, and yet so farI still have not heard a single line of poetry by Robert Burns.  Perhaps the best is being saved for last.

Here on Skye the sun doesn't set until about 11:30 pm.  This is throwing off our timing.  You look out your B&B window, the sun is shining brightly (yep, folks, we had another great day of weather), and it's after ten at night.  Oddly enough, this does not prevent Portree from rolling up ITS sidewalks around six.  Nothing is open in the evening except the bars and restaurants--and today is Monday, so even some of the restaurants are closed.